Rethinking Mill's Ethics Character and Aesthetic Education [Hardcover]

Discussion of John Stuart Mill's ethics has been dominated by concern with right and wrong action as determined by the principle of utility. Colin Heydt's book unearths the rich context of moral and socio-political debate that Mill did not have to make explicit to his Victorian readers, in order to enrich the philosophical analysis of his ethics and to show a famous and misunderstood moralist in a new light.

Introduction: Rethinking the Place of the Principle of Utility in Mill's EthicsChapter 1: The Ethics of Aesthetics and Life as ArtChapter 2: Mill, Bentham, and 'Internal Culture' Chapter 3: Narrative, Imagination, and the Religion of Humanity in Mill's EthicsChapter 4: Social and Political DImensions of Aesthetic Education: Family, Marriage, and Gender RelationsChapter 5: Social and Political Dimensions of Aesthetic Education: The Industrial Economy and the WorkplaceConclusionBibliographyIndex